50th Anniversary of Manchester Industrial Relations Society - 2014

In 2014 we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society with a one-day national conference titled The Changing Face of Employment Relations Over the Last 50 Years with prestigious speakers on a variety of important employment relations issues and debates.

The conference took place at the University of Manchester, Sackville Building, Sackville Street between 10am-5pm on Friday 21 November.

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Conference Presentations

All presentations are in PowerPoint format.

• From the Personnel Manager to HRM and Beyond - Mike Emmott (CIPD)
• State Regulation of Employment Relations - Professor Richard Hyman (London School of Economics)
• Conflict: Trends and Forms of Collective Action - Professor John Kelly (Birkbeck, University of London)
• The Changing Nature of Collective Employment Relations - Professor Paul Marginson (University of Warwick)
• Equality, Diversity and Employment Relations - Professor Sian Moore (University of the West of England)
• The Changing Nature of Work and Employment - Professor Jill Rubery (Manchester Business School)